Important security certificates for Windows 11 will soon expire for many users. In some cases, you will need to take action to prevent this from happening. Here's what you need to do and why.

AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer, files, online services and can ...

Seven Windows authentication paths bypass MFA protections, enabling credential attacks through AD, NTLM, Kerberos, RDP, SMB, and service accounts.

A growing phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) tool reliably undermines traditional methods for detecting phishing attacks, both technical and psychological. "Starkiller," described this week by researchers ...

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Microsoft will use standard Windows 11 updates to keep Secure Boot working on existing PCs as the operating system's original certificates near their end. The company says Secure Boot certificates ...

In brief: Secure Boot was originally introduced with Windows 8 as a firmware-based security feature designed to protect the OS from potentially malicious boot code. After more than 15 years, the ...

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In context: As cheaters increasingly infiltrate the deepest levels of PC systems to evade security software, the most popular multiplayer games have forced legitimate players to follow suit. Fortnite ...

Epic Games recently mandated Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 to play competitive Fortnite on PC. You can enable Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 through your BIOS settings. It is ...

Microsoft announced today that it’s preparing to roll out new Secure Boot certificates via Windows Update to keep old PCs secure. The first Secure Boot certificates, which are stored in a PC’s ...

Microsoft has begun rolling out updated Secure Boot certificates through monthly Windows updates to replace the original 2011 certificates that will expire in late June 2026. Introduced in 2011, ...